Author: Greater Media
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A house divided
By Erik J. Martin CTW Features Divorce can be a difficult process — especially when real estate is involved. Here are strategies to ponder if you’re planning to divorce and divvy up your properties. They say breaking up is hard to do. But it’s even harder when a couple seeking a split own a home.…
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Markets set to go boom
Baby boomers are staying in the work force longer, but they’re eyeing their retirement housing needs now. Here are the markets poised to attract them. A low cost of living and, of course, sunny weather are the keys to attracting baby boomers in retirement. But as many boomers remain in the work force and delay…
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Gloria Nilson announces opening of Keyport office
Gloria Nilson & Co. Real Estate announces the official grand opening of its new, technologically advanced, Keyport office, featuring the company’s latest mobile and interactive technology. To mark the occasion, Gloria Nilson & Co. will be making a donation to the RAINE Foundation. RAINE (Reaching All In Need Everyday) is a Hazlet-based nonprofit that provides…
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Fast and family friendly
By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features The midsize Volvo S60 sedan remains a safe and stylish choice, with a new turbocharged and supercharged engine making it a speedy one as well It wasn’t that long ago that the Holy Grail among automotive engineers was to develop an engine that produced at least 100 horsepower per liter…
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Reader advice
Q&A with Sharon Peters This week, I’m passing on some communication from readers who have some observations definitely worth sharing: First, a sharp-eye reader corrects me. He politely told me I’d recently messed up. “I have a comment regarding the Dodge Ram EcoDiesel mentioned in your column,” he wrote. “It is no longer the Dodge…
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Easing into fitness in new year
By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer FILE PHOTOS For many, the new year represents a chance to turn over a new leaf, leaving behind undesirable habits to form new, better ones. Perhaps the most popular New Year’s resolution is to lose weight or become more physically fit. But as scores of people who have made such…
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Community rallies for Mikey following theft
By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Bill Kloos, left, and his brother Ryan raised more than $13,000 for injured Monroe Township High School hockey player Mikey Nichols, at right. Proving that something good can come out of something tragic, the community took action after hundreds of dollars were stolen from a donation box outside the Kloos…
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Thoroughbred fans offered slice of ownership
By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer PHOTOS COURTESY OF KENWOOD RACING An Oceanport stable is giving racing fans an opportunity to get in on the action of horse ownership without the hefty costs of purchasing a horse or the consistent expenses associated with it. H. Robb Levinsky, co-founder of Kenwood Racing, said the Taste of Thoroughbred…
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East Brunswick to improve Rues Lane intersection
By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Township officials are seeking to make improvements to an intersection riddled with potholes over the next few years. At its Dec. 22 meeting, the Township Council authorized professional engineering services by CME Associates for the design of the intersection and traffic signal improvements at Rues Lane and…
